Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 186: Maeda Toshiie killed Oda Nobunaga's brother?

After Yuanye returned to Xinwanjin, he found that everything was normal in Xinwanjin.

The printing and dyeing industry and the salt-making industry have gradually become the industrial pillars of Shinwanjin. The beautiful, cheap and non-fading floral cloth has defeated the traditional dyeing workshops in Kyoto, Kanto and Hokuriku, providing a large number of jobs for Shinwanjin and earning a lot of wealth. It is still actively expanding production.

The situation of Xinwanjin Salt Industry is similar. After obtaining sufficient manpower supply, the volcanic ash cement salt fields can provide a large amount of crude salt. Combined with brine purification technology, salt flower pouring technology and strict process management, a large amount of high-quality and low-cost refined salt is also impacting the market covered by Atsuta Port and Shimazu Port, basically destroying those scattered stove salt-boiling households and mudflat salt field households - the refined salt produced in Xinwanjin is cheaper than their crude salt. They have no way to resist and the only way out is bankruptcy.

In addition to these two industries that require a lot of manpower, the cannons, swords, arrows and armor produced in Xinwanjin are also extremely popular. Even though these things have not been improved with modern technology, due to Xinwanjin's organized operations and strict process management, the quality of their products is still better than most places, and there are many buyers.

In addition, saltpeter is still in short supply in Japan and still maintains super-standard profits, so Xinwanjin's finances are extremely healthy and there is no sign of deficit.

In this world, anything is easy if you have money. As long as there is enough money, infrastructure is never a problem. The docks and town areas of Shinwanjin have become more prosperous, with a large number of new buildings with different functions. The Shinwanjin village has been expanding southward, and with the defensive rock fortresses, it has almost occupied all the territory of the Goya family.

The only drawback is that Xinwanjin is still not self-sufficient in food, even with the use of traditional chemical fertilizers. The main reason is that the workshops need too many raw materials. Xinwanjin grows a lot of cotton and linen, as well as dyes such as indigo and blackberry. It is a bit overwhelmed to grow large quantities of food. Moreover, the population of Xinwanjin has been growing rapidly. Thanks to Yuanye's constant cheating, robbery, kidnapping and purchases, the current population of Xinwanjin is close to 17,000, slightly more than twice that of the Arashimaeda family. There are too many mouths to feed, and even opening new fields cannot keep up with feeding them.

There is no way around it. Even if there is guano fertilizer, it cannot be turned into food directly. There must be a process.

However, Japan in the Middle Ages implemented a "grain-based" policy, and rice could often serve as a general equivalent. As long as there were no large-scale natural disasters, it was very easy to collect food. After all, common people in Japan hardly ate proper food, and about 80% of the food produced was taken away by daimyo, powerful families, and samurai. A lot of this food would enter the market, and part of it would become the food reserve of Shinwanjin - Yuanye had never relaxed in this regard. Shinwanjin always had a reserve of food that would allow them to continue fighting for six months even if all personnel lost their production capacity, in order to prepare for disasters and prevent wars.

Of course, it would be better if we could be self-sufficient. However, now that we have people, land is starting to become scarce. If we want to open new fields, we have to move into the Imperial Palace. Now is not the right time, so we can only make a trade-off. Yuanye must give priority to ensuring that there are enough workshop workers as source of soldiers.

Yuan Ye took a quick tour of Xinwanjin and found no problems. Xinwanjin was just a small place, and it was completely possible to achieve a harmonious government and clean government. The public security was also very good, and it was normal for people to walk on the streets and leave their doors unlocked at night.

It is not clear what will happen in the future when the territory becomes larger, but at present, Xinwanjin does look a bit like an utopia.

Quan Pingci was also very satisfied with Shinwanjin, and felt that moving his neighbors here was an extremely correct decision. There were no excessive taxes or extortion here, and life was peaceful and harmonious. It was simply a dreamland, but the people of Koga seemed to be born with a restless nature. Many people had good land but were unwilling to cultivate it honestly, and still liked to run around.

For example, many young people in Jiangnan Village set up a "circus" and performed in the Xinwanjin territory every day. They felt that they could earn more money than farming and it was easier and more comfortable than farming. They even planned to save money to build a large theater in the urban area of Xinwanjin. They kept petitioning Quan Heiji to ask Aman to ask Aman to use his face to ask Yuanye for a well-located land. Most of the residents in the urban area of Xinwanjin are workshop workers with strong consumption power. However, because the site selection of Xinwanjin took military factors into consideration too much, the dock and the urban area are now very crowded. Some merchants have been forced to start building buildings, and it is not so easy to get another piece of land. At least it is not easy to pass the hurdle of Endo Chiyo.

Well, Endo Chiyo is now obsessed with the trick of buying raw materials at low prices and selling finished products at high prices to make money. She would like to leave the land in her hands for future workshops, or at least give it to merchants who can levy high city taxes. As for the grand theater... it sounds like a waste of time, so she should just stand aside!

When Yuanye passed by Jiangnan Village, Izumi Heiji mentioned it tactfully. Even though he disliked these "unemployed" young people, he still helped them. Yuanye was quite interested in this and planned to go back and discuss with Endo Chiyo and others to see if they could get a piece of land for them.

He wanted to recruit these talented guys, set up a propaganda team, write some dramas and perform them everywhere, to smear the samurai... In fact, there is no need to smear them, just bring out the things the samurai did and talk about them. After all, no matter how well it is portrayed in the Taiga drama, Japanese samurai are not human beings, and this is a reality that cannot be changed.

And this would also help his final plan. He was going to go back and think about it and plan it carefully.

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Yuanye wandered around Xinwanjin for two days, shook hands with internal affairs officials at all levels and expressed his gratitude. However, he felt a little regretful that his acting skills were not good enough and he failed to say a few words with red eyes, "Fortunately, I have you, so I don't have to worry about anything." Then he turned around and joined the Wanjin army.

Xin Wanjin has been encouraging industry and commerce and striving for development. Naturally, the Wanjin Army could not stand still. After the manpower problem was initially alleviated, conscription was resumed. Moreover, most of the soldiers recruited this time were from "good families", no longer bachelors bought from Yuanye. Most of them had families. Now, being a soldier in Xin Wanjin is a good job, with more than three times the salary of ordinary people, and a lot of preferential treatment for active service, veterans and military families. It can be said that one person joins the army and the whole family is well fed. The competition is quite fierce, and those who are slightly defective will be sent back to the workshop, and the Wanjin Army will not accept them at all.

The Wanjin Army has now expanded to a field force of more than 1,200 people, with a logistics team of more than 600 people (including transport teams, engineers, etc.) and a military police team of more than 200 people. In addition, each village also has peasant soldiers trained to ensure the basic defense capabilities of the local area, and can also be assembled to serve as auxiliary combat forces or guard forces when necessary.

These people were secretly hidden by Yuanye in order to seize more territory in the Battle of Okehazama. There were just a few more recruits, but under his over-the-top military discipline, they should still have some combat effectiveness. Now they are just waiting for the right time to come.

This army had consumed almost all of Xinwanjin's financial surplus, as well as all of the spoils he had looted during his more than a year of traveling outside. Now he only hoped to get value for money and not have spent this huge sum of money in vain.

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Harano personally took charge of the Wanjin Army. In addition to supervising daily training, he also ordered Aman to collect terrain intelligence at the northern tip of the Chita Peninsula and pay attention to the movements of the Imagawa family, actively preparing for the war.

Nearly two months had passed quickly. He was thinking that the outside world was calm and was trying to determine when the Imagawa family would move eastward, when Murahachiro, the first recruit of Maeda Toshiie and his current trusted follower, suddenly took a small boat and rushed to Shinwanjin. When he found Nohara, he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to him: "Sir Nohara, please save my master's life! Please, sir, please save my master's life, now we can only count on you!"

Yuanye was shocked. He had not received any news that the Oda family had made any unusual moves. He quickly helped Murahachiro up and asked with concern: "What happened? Don't worry, tell me slowly!"

Murahachiro didn't want to get up, his face full of anxiety and fear, and he wanted to kowtow again, but he didn't dare to go against the wishes of Yuanye, the life-saving straw, so he could only stand there in a weird posture, but he didn't hesitate, and said anxiously: "My lord has killed someone, and I heard that His Highness Kamisuke is going to order my lord to commit seppuku to apologize!"

"Ordered to commit seppuku? When did it happen?" Yuanye was confused. He grabbed him hard and frowned, "What happened to Master Maeda?"

Murahachiro was stunned for a moment, swallowed his saliva and took a breath, his spirit seemed to have returned to its place, and then he said: "It happened this morning. The day before yesterday, my lord and His Highness Kamisuke's friend Shiami had some disputes and quarrels, and then...then His Highness Kamisuke found out and punished them both. My lord was very angry, and when he met Shiami this morning, Shiami spoke rudely again, and my lord couldn't bear it for a moment, so he...killed him.

Then, then, His Highness the Supreme Lord got angry too, and directly ordered my master to be locked up, and I heard that he would be ordered to publicly commit seppuku to apologize for his crime."

After Murahachiro finished speaking, his expression became anxious and excited again. He tightly pulled Yuanye's sleeve and said, "Sir, my master really acted on impulse. You are my master's good friend and you have a say in front of His Highness Kamisosuke. Please save him! Only you can save him now!"

Yuan Ye was stunned for a moment, patted his hand, and comforted him: "I understand, I will go to Qingzhou City now."

Although he is not clear about the details of the matter, he can ask slowly. Maeda Toshiie still needs to be saved, and Maeda Toshiie has helped him a lot.

"Thank you so much! We, the Maeda family, will never forget your great kindness!" Murahachiro immediately knelt down again and kowtowed desperately. This time no one could stop him.

Yuanye quickly asked someone to help him up again and take him to the dock first, so that they could go to Qingzhou City on the same boat. At the same time, he waved and asked Aman, "What's going on?"

Aman was here to deliver information. The information from the survivors arrived at Shinwanjin at about the same time as Murahachiro, but they were looking for a different person. Aman handed the information to Yuanye directly and said, "It's almost the same as what he said. Even Juami is not a small figure, and that idiot Maeda Toshiie killed him in front of Oda Nobunaga. When Juami was killed by him, Oda Nobunaga was standing on the top of the city."

Yuanye unfolded the information and looked at it. His eyebrows raised and he asked curiously, "Is this Juami Oda Nobunaga's brother?"

Did Maeda Toshiie kill Oda Nobunaga's brother?

This is really troublesome...

(End of this chapter)